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L. J. NEWLAN.

- BOLT CUTTER.

No. 66,986. Patented July 23, 1867.

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LEVIv J. 'NEWLAN, OF BARTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND STEPHEN F. MACK.

Letters Patent No. 66,986, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVED BOLT-CUTTER.

TO ALL WHOM IT. MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I,'Lsv1 .LNewux, of the town of Barton, in the county of Tioga, and State of-New York, have invented snlmproved Tool for Cutting or Trimming Carriage and other Bolts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, and to the letters thereon.

My object is to make a hand-tool for the above purpose and similar uses. To effect this'I use several devices in connection with each other. First, Imake a frame to hold the jaws and handles of the tool. Second, to this frame I hinge two jaws, so that, fixed at the one end of each, they open and close at their other ends; and further, I keep the jaws apart by springs, except as closed by the handles. Thirchto these jaws I attach-cuttingbits or pieces of steel tempered nnd shaped so as to cut the bolts; and further, to suit the various emergencies in which the tool may he used, I make these cutting edges or bits adjustable, by putting them in sqnareor other shaped holes, so that thcycan be turned or changed to face various directions, and also for the purposes of repair and adaptation to the work they do. Fourth, I open and close the jaws and the cutters by lever handles, on the'hinged ends of which are eccentrics or cam surfaces, so made a: to press against and close the jawsund cutters, and thus cuf'the bolts. These and other facts are apparent in the drawings, which are colored, the better to exhibit the several parts i the tool. and in which-- Figure 1 is a. view of one side 0 my bolt-trimmer, and

Figure -2 a section of the some, and

Figures 3 views of the cutting bits of steel.

In fig. 1, A and vA are-the handles, of any convenient length, which operate the tool, and are fastened B, the upper members of the frame, by hinge rivcts.- The dotted lines show the eccentricspr cams that close the jaws C and O. I When the handles are closed, as represented by the red colored position of them, marked D and D, the cutters F and F are closed and the bolt. cut off. At G- is the middle bar of the frame, and -at H one of the lower members of the tool frame; the rivets I and I'being the ones on which the jaws C and C arehinged- The springs J and J hold the jaws apart except when closed by thehandles A and A. In fig. '2 the same letters indicate the same parts. J,he cutting-bit is removed'from the hole L, showing that it is square or'othcr similar shape for thepurpose of turning the cutters in several directions, by slipping them out and putting them in difl'erently, thus better fitting the various positions in which the tool is to be used; and also for various-shaped cutters when convenient or necessary. Infigs. 3 the shank M of thecutter or bit F-is' seen to he mudeto 'fitthe hole in the jaws (Land at N is the cutting edge of the bit. The other uses and parts of my bolt-trimmer are apparent to those skillcd'in the arts to. which it appertains Claim. 7

1. I claim making the frame of shalt-trimming tool of theparts B, G, and H, for the purpose of supporting and controlling the other parts, substantially as figured and described. v

2.- 'I claim, incombination with the described frame of my bolt-trimmer, the use of two cammed levers A sndA hinged on the transverse pieces B, and of two jaws or knife-holders C and C hinged on the pieces H, when made and operating as described. 7

3. I claim the square, many-sided, or other shaped holes for the knives F and F in the-jaws C and C, .so made that theknives can be turned or changed so as to suit the cutting of bolts in various places and positions, in combination. with the other figured and described parts of my bolt-trimmer, as set forth. I

4. I claim the described hand-tool made of the several figured anddescribed pa'rts, as a combined whole, making a. convenient and efi'ective instrument for trimmingoff the bolts of carriages and other similar uses, as

described.

A L. J. NEWLAN.

Witnesses:

L. VAN Aamm, Gnoson S. Comsrocx. 

